13 Aug 2014

Tall Blacks demolish Ivory Coast

11:55 am on 13 August 2014

The Tall Blacks have demolished Ivory Coast 97-63 to end a six-game unbeaten run on the China leg of their World Cup preparation tour.

Kirk Penney lead the scoring with 27 points and was well supported by Corey Webster (20), BJ Anthony (14) and Tom Abercrombie (12).

The team now heads to Europe for games in Lithuania where they'll play Greece, Slovenia and Serbia in the lead up to Spain.